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we might take the train. jon kay, bbc news. time for a look at the weather with darren bett. hello, clive. it is a cloudy day today, big temperature fluctuations in store for the week ahead and lets look at the jet stream to find out why. the upper level winds are here up why. the upper level winds are here up with this pattern we are on the warmer side of thejet up with this pattern we are on the warmer side of the jet stream so we draw in milderairfrom warmer side of the jet stream so we draw in milder airfrom the south, along the sea track, picking up moisture in the form of cloud and we also have some rain around and this is the main rain pushing steadily east, we see that running into more of the south—east of england, and the heavier rain into scotland. other areas are dry, but it's damp, drizzly, low cloud, misty weather, mild with temperatures of 16 or 17.
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some rain this evening more towards the south—east, clearing during the evening, the rain clearing northern scotland and some breaks and clad in patchy mist and fog but on the whole, a lot of cloud around, more rain coming back into the western side of the uk. still mild, temperatures no lower than around 12- 14 . temperatures no lower than around 12— 1a . tomorrow looking cloudy, more rain, the heaviest in the morning across wales, northern england, moving into scotland, some showery rain for northern ireland, the rain back into the south—west of england but ahead of that, it should be drier and brighter, east anglia and the south—east have sunshine and temperatures more like early summer, 20 or 21 . even where it is cloudy and we have rain, it will be mild, 18 or 19. more rain in the forecast for wednesday. some showery, potentially thundery rain moving northwards, mainly across england and wales, some sunshine either side of it, temperatures not quite so high on wednesday but we had this rain into the north of scotland,
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significant because as that moves south we draw down much colder air through the rest of the week and with some strong winds it will feel very different for the weather today and the weather expecting tomorrow. that is because the position of the jet stream is changing, this is the pattern on thursday, with that pattern on thursday, with that pattern we are on the cooler side of the jet hence those temperatures dropping. some wet weather to clear during thursday, mainly for the east of england, then we get sunshine coming through, scattering showers, those could turn wintry over the higher ground in the north—west of the uk, it's also going be windy. the windsmoor from the north, could touch a gale force around the north sea coasts and that will make it feel much colder, temperatures ranging from 8 across northern parts of scotland up to 13 in the south of england. its three seasons in three days? nice. darren bent, thank you. a reminder of our top story...
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the family of sir david amess visit the scene of his killing in essex. they say they're shattered by his death, but are grateful for the public support they've received. that's it, so goodbye from me. now on bbc one, let'sjoin our news teams where you are. have a very good afternoon. good afternoon. it's been a brilliant few months for british tennis. after emma raducanu's win at the us open, cameron norrie is now celebrating victory at one of the sports biggest events — the indian wells masters. he made history by becoming the first british player to win the men's title, and had to work for it. he fought back from a set and a break down to beat nikoloz basilashvili overnight. norrie will now rise to a career—high 16th in the world, and is in the running to reach
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the season—ending atp finals. what an incredible week i have had here. yeah, it was such a strange match. it was over quite quickly and in the last kind of set i was expecting it to be longer, and he made a couple of hours towards the end. i still don't really know what i am experiencing. it was an amazing couple of weeks. i am so happy with how i treated all the occasions come all the big moments come all the big matches. and, yeah, i'm so happy, so pleased to win my biggest title. only novak djokovic has been in as many finals this year as norrie. former british number onejohn lloyd says this title had been coming his way. he has worked so hard. he is one of the fittest players on the tour. he has always had a lot of confidence in himself. but when you start winning these matches and get to these finals, and finally he broke
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his duck and won a tournament earlier this year, now he has just added to that. to go into the level he has gone this week and win a masters series event, well, now he is chasing the atp tour finals at the end of the year. i believe he is in 10th position. it really is a remarkable turnaround for someone who, i think it was ranked in the 70s at the beginning of the year. but extraordinary. steve bruce says he'll carry on as best he can, after seeing his newcastle side lose their first match under new ownership. it had started so well against spurs too. ahead inside two minutes, much to the delight of their new owners. but tottenham replied with three of their own. harry kane scored one and set up son hueng min in first half stoppage time. 3—2 it finished, in steve bruce's one thousandth game in management, but it left more questions for him to face about his future. i'll carry on as best i can until i hear otherwise. and the owners have been very,
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very respectful, i have to say that. the way they've conducted themselves in the last week or so. and unless i hear different, i will go to work again tomorrow and prepare for next week. ireland are in action against the netherlands at the t20 cricket world cup and they got off to a great start in abu dhabi. seam bowler curtis campher took a remarkable four wickets in four balls, reducing the netherlands from 51—2 to 51—6 in his second over, before ireland went on to dismiss the dutch for 106. and at the moment, in reply, ireland are 70—2. rory mcilroy says europe's heavy ryder cup defeat almost made him take the rest of 2021 off, but he changed his mind and has now won the cj cup in las vegas; the 20th pga tour title of his career. he trailed by nine shots after 36 holes, but a superb 62 on saturday put him in contention. and on sunday, he made five birdies and this eagle to claim his second win of 2021.
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and after a disappointing ryder cup, matt fitzpatrick has rebounded by winning the andalucia masters — his seventh win in as many years. he won by three shots after a final round 69. i'll have more for you in the next hour. thank you for that. the husband of murdered mp jo cox has said his heart goes out completely to the family of sir david amess. mr cox said mps had told him of day—to—day "vitriol, abuse and threats of violence" they had suffered. a 25—year—old man arrested on suspicion of sir david's murder is being questioned by counter—terrorism police. brendan cox has been talking to our political editor, laura kuenssberg. first of all, brendan, what went through your head when you heard the news on friday? i
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through your head when you heard the news on friday?— news on friday? i think the main thin i news on friday? i think the main thing i first— news on friday? i think the main thing i first felt _ news on friday? i think the main thing i first felt was _ news on friday? i think the main thing i first felt was just - news on friday? i think the main thing i first felt was just the - thing i first felt was just the memories of five years ago, when i got a call from one ofjoe's assistance about what had happened to her. it brought it back very physically. i was sort of shaking and unable to process it, really. and then the second emotion was just of deep sorrow for his family and knowing what they would be going through, those moments that i remember of desperate hope that they will be ok, that he will be able to nurse them back to health. and then, that moment when you're told that they haven't made it. and the weeks and months of despair and anguish that follow, i guess. that sort of just knowing how... how viscerally i felt in that moment as it came back.
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but also, just how, how their lives will never be the same again. find but also, just how, how their lives will never be the same again. and if there was one _ will never be the same again. and if there was one particular— will never be the same again. and if there was one particular moment i will never be the same again. and if there was one particular moment that it brought back, what was it? i think it was that phone call. i heard about it because a friend called me up because he wanted me to know about it before it came onto the news. and sincejoe died i've fairly regularly had this, i guess, sort of catastrophe rising that if i get a call from somebody out of the blue, or if the school calls out of the blue, i quite often have that moment of, something awful happened again? this time i had that feeling of, has something awful happened? and of course, this time something awful had happened. that and of course, this time something awful had happened.— and of course, this time something awful had happened. that must be a ve hard awful had happened. that must be a very hard thing _ awful had happened. that must be a very hard thing to _ awful had happened. that must be a very hard thing to live _ awful had happened. that must be a very hard thing to live with? - awful had happened. that must be a very hard thing to live with? yeah. l very hard thing to live with? yeah. i think, very hard thing to live with? yeah. ithink, i very hard thing to live with? yeah. i think, i don't— very hard thing to live with? yeah. i think, i don't have _ very hard thing to live with? yeah. i think, i don't have it _ very hard thing to live with? yeah. i think, i don't have it badly, -
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very hard thing to live with? yeah. i think, i don't have it badly, but l i think, i don't have it badly, but i think, i don't have it badly, but i think, i don't have it badly, but i think lots of people have been through something like this, a trauma like that, and feel that sometimes. and i think with this it was such an obvious parallel that it, yes, it brought it back. find was such an obvious parallel that it, yes, it brought it back. and you have spent — it, yes, it brought it back. and you have spent huge — it, yes, it brought it back. and you have spent huge amounts - it, yes, it brought it back. and you have spent huge amounts of- it, yes, it brought it back. and you have spent huge amounts of time| it, yes, it brought it back. and you i have spent huge amounts of time and effort trying to improve the political environment, trying to improve things for families who have been through the trauma you have been through the trauma you have been through. can you believe it happened again? i been through. can you believe it happened again?— been through. can you believe it happened again? i was shocked that it happened. — happened again? i was shocked that it happened. but _ happened again? i was shocked that it happened, but i _ happened again? i was shocked that it happened, but i guess _ happened again? i was shocked that it happened, but i guess in - happened again? i was shocked that it happened, but i guess in some . it happened, but i guess in some ways not surprised. i think in some ways not surprised. i think in some ways our political discourse has got better. if you go back to 2016, and the brexit campaign, if you go back to that period immediately in the aftermath of that, when it was still up aftermath of that, when it was still up in the air, i think our political debate then was more toxic than it is now. it is still pretty bad. the underlying problem is, ithink,
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haven't eased. and i think unless we get better, both thinking about how we respond to terrorism, so it doesn't amplify and assist with terrorism, which i think some of our public reaction does at the moment, and unless we get better at building and unless we get better at building a democratic culture which is more healthy, i think those underlying elements are risk factors that mean those types of attacks, no matter how much more security you have, these type of attacks remain a risk. what can you do, then? these are big questions. it's easy to say, we have to get better at this, we have to try to make sure that people act more kindly together, we have to try to do with those underlying problems. but what can we do practically? i problems. but what can we do practically?— practically? i think in the aftermath _ practically? i think in the aftermath of _ practically? i think in the aftermath of these - practically? i think in the i aftermath of these attacks practically? i think in the - aftermath of these attacks there is an overwhelming feeling both of angen an overwhelming feeling both of anger, of sorrow, but also of powerlessness. you feel incredibly powerless, you feel input into the face of those attacks. but we are
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not. because it is the public that are the target of these attacks. the reason terrorism happens is because they can't confront us militarily, and therefore they try to divide our communities. they try to whip up fear and they also come on a personal level, crave that information. so if we respond by dividing communities against communities, if we respond by spreading that fear, if we respond by putting them on the front page of our newspapers, we do theirjob for them. so we can change that. there are actions we can take. and on the democratic culture side of things, it is about not dehumanising our opponents. you might disagree with the prime minister, but he is not a fascist. you might disagree with the leader of the labour party, but he is not a communist. they sort of ability to have a reasoned debate where you engage with each other passionately and with conviction, but the aim is to convince rather than to lambast or abuse, i think if
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we all do that in our lives, then we create an environment which is less conducive to the extremes in this kind of extreme violence. brendan cox speaking _ kind of extreme violence. brendan cox speaking to — kind of extreme violence. brendan cox speaking to laura _ kind of extreme violence. brendan | cox speaking to laura kuenssberg. the first five recipients of the earthshot prize — founded by prince william — have been announced at a star—studded ceremony in london. the prize aims to recognise innovative solutions to climate change — the winners have been awarded one—million pounds. each year we will award five million pound prices... the aim is to heal planet earth, to try to tackle the most serious environmental problems. the ceremony to hand out the awards a call to action from sir david attenborough. we don't have eternity. we need to do this now and over the next ten
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years. and if we put our minds to it, i believe we can do that. congratulations... the winning teams are mostly small but with big potential. a project to grow coral in the bahamas using special tanks to speed up the process of restoring reefs. a portable machine developed in india to turn agricultural waste into fertiliser, so that farmers don't burn their fields and cause air pollution. and a clever design in thailand using renewable energy to make hydrogen.— in thailand using renewable energy to make hydrogen. winning this prize is recognition — to make hydrogen. winning this prize is recognition that _ to make hydrogen. winning this prize is recognition that we _ to make hydrogen. winning this prize is recognition that we are _ to make hydrogen. winning this prize is recognition that we are going - to make hydrogen. winning this prize is recognition that we are going in - is recognition that we are going in the right direction. it will support us to go into mass production and it will boost us towards our goal of accelerating the access of clean hydrogen for everyone. the earthshot for build a waste-free _ hydrogen for everyone. the earthshot for build a waste-free world - hydrogen for everyone. the earthshot for build a waste-free world goes . for build a waste—free world goes tom _ to... the city to... - the city of
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to... — the city of milan! to... the ci ofmilan! ., the city of milan! another global challenae the city of milan! another global challenge is _ the city of milan! another global challenge is waste. _ the city of milan! another global challenge is waste. and - the city of milan! another global challenge is waste. and the - the city of milan! another global challenge is waste. and the city | the city of milan! another global i challenge is waste. and the city of milan wins a prize for collecting unused food and giving it to people who need it most. the final price, for restoring nature, went to costa rica, a country that once cleared most of its forests but has now doubled the number of trees. the plan now is for the winning projects to be scaled up so they can make a real difference globally. we will have to see how well that works out in practice. but in any event they will offer something badly needed in the run—up to the climate summit in glasgow next month, a sense of optimism. david shukman, bbc news. (pres) we are going to take a look at some of the stories making headlines around the uk.
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a 16—year—old boy has been arrested in connection with the murder of 14—year—old justin mclaughlin in glasgow. justin was found seriously injured at high street station on saturday afternoon. he died later in hospital. catriona renton reports. high street station in the centre of glasgow, one of the city's big diseased, now a crime scene, the centre of a murder investigation. the victim, a schoolboy, 14—year—old justin maclachlan, stabbed to death in broad daylight on saturday afternoon. eye witnesses described seeing emergency services giving him cpr inside this station. the 14—year—old was taken to the queen elizabeth university hospital, where he died a short time later. it is very difficult — he died a short time later. it is very difficult to _ he died a short time later. it 3 very difficult to comment on whether it was a targeted attack or not, given the early stage of the investigation, but it is something we will keep an open mind on. part of the incident was captured on cctv, a huge advantage for what we are trying to achieve.—
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are trying to achieve. tributes are buildin: are trying to achieve. tributes are building on _ are trying to achieve. tributes are building on social _ are trying to achieve. tributes are building on social media - are trying to achieve. tributes are building on social media from - building on social media from friends and family. one said, words can't explain how much we miss you, sleep tight, angel. it's heartbreaking to read the thoughts of some of the family and friends ofjustin in the wake of this tragic murder. and i'm just stunned this could have taken place in the heart of our city in broad daylight. in the heart of our city in broad da liuht. , , in the heart of our city in broad da liuht. , ., in the heart of our city in broad daliuht. , , , ., , daylight. justin was a pupil at this school in coatbridge _ daylight. justin was a pupil at this school in coatbridge in _ daylight. justin was a pupil at this school in coatbridge in north - school in coatbridge in north lanarkshire. his teacher said saint ambrose is shocked and saddened by justin's death. james mcparland said he was a valued member of the community and his loss will be felt by staff and pupils alike. as a family mourns, detectives continue the hunt this morning for the person, or people, responsible for
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murdering this young boy. the family of sir david amess have visited the scene where he died. hundreds of floral tributes have been left to the mp outside the church where he was stabbed. his family have described him as a wonderfuland inspiring man and have pleaded for "some good to come from this tragedy. joining us now is zoe o'brien, reporter at bbc look east. the family visiting. clearly a painful moment for them, but also gratified by the outpouring of public support there has been for them, as evidenced by those flowers behind you?— behind you? absolutely. sir david's family were — behind you? absolutely. sir david's family were here _ behind you? absolutely. sir david's family were here this _ behind you? absolutely. sir david's family were here this morning. - behind you? absolutely. sir david'sl family were here this morning. they laid flowers. they have said in a statement they are, as a family, trying to make sense of this awful thing that occurred. they also said nobody should die in this way and thatis nobody should die in this way and that is very much the feeling here
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in leigh—on—sea today. all morning people have been coming to drop off flowers, to pay tribute, talking to one another. some of those notes simply say thank you, thank you for everything you did for this community. i spoke to one lady who runs a small charity here and she actually did not go to sir david for help, he went to her and asked what it was he could do to help her. that is very much the man he was. similar stories coming out all morning to that degree. also, these are not the only tributes here, although this is a huge sea of flowers and notes and everything, balloons. in the high street signs have begun to appear with pictures of sir david's face. they say in honour of everything you have done for our community. i have also been speaking to schools today, head teachers and pupils so he often went into schools, he could be —— he would be at the event he could. he wanted to hear more young voices, he wanted to hear more young voices, he wanted young people to get more
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interested in politics. when he spoke to children there his passion shone through. also down the road in leigh—on—sea there is a skate park and a mural has appeared there over the weekend. it is a picture of sir david with? two painted around it. the artist who did that has called it, why? that is the question many people are asking today. why him, why here? the police are introducing —— interviewing a 25—year—old man in connection with this. their investigation is continuing. thank you for that. a collection of items from captain scott's ill—fated final expedition to antarctica are to be auctioned in exeter tomorrow. they belonged to plymouth man francis davies, a royal navy carpenter and shipwright, who was part of the expedition team in 1910. john danks reports. it was described as the worst journey in the world. captain scott's doomed attempt to be the first to reach the south pole ended in failure and death. yet there is an enduring fascination with these early years
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of polar exploration. it is quite astounding to be standing as close to history as you can. these charts, used on the expedition, mark the progress of the terra nova as it negotiated the pack ice before finding a place for the team to land. it is absolutely unbelievable to think that scott stood over these charts while he was planning his routes and making decisions on the go. plymothian francis davies was a carpenter on the antarctic expedition. his collection of items kept within the family will be auctioned tomorrow. they don't come up that often and they do generate a tremendous amount of interest because they are from what people consider to be the golden age or the heroic age of exploration of scott and shackleton and such like. so they are very difficult to put a value on because they are unique one—off pieces. like this receipt for the wood bought to build the expedition huts. davies apparently challenged
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the salesman over the length needed. scott backed his man when the salesman tried to complain. so this actually has davies's corrections on it. and almost an admittance by the company to say your carpenter is correct, we were supplying an incorrect length. so this is absolutely fascinating. scott later wrote warmly in his diary about how comfortable the huts where. and davies' legacy remains with the huts preserved and still standing more than 100 years on. john danks, bbc spotlight, exeter. more than 300 people took their clothes off at the dead sea on sunday, to become part of artist spenser tunick s latest photo shoot. the photographer says he's trying to raise awareness of the environmental catastrophe unfolding there, by drawing attention to the region's natural wonder. tom bateman reports.
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they came in the desert sun with nothing to show but themselves. bare footsteps in front of the artist's lens. this mass of the living is here to highlight the fate of the dead sea. the photographer, spenser tunick, is on his third visit here, drawing attention to the sea's receding shoreline. all over the world he's used naked subjects to show the plight of the environment. we're very vulnerable, being nude can elevate information. but we're also affected by everything in the environment from diseases to the need for a sustainable water source. it's been taking a while to get the shots exactly right. but you can see and feel what the point is here, about humans' impact on nature. they're painted as white as the sea salt columns left by this mineral—rich water.
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it's fascinating, becuase you see so many people taking part in this act of art, helping him and i'm enjoying myself. the dead sea sits at the lowest point on earth. the shoreline is shared betweenjordan, israel and the occupied west bank and it's being starved of its fresh water supply. you can just soak up the beauty here. it's why people want to come, of course, but it's so sad at the same time because you know that at so many points across the shoreline this won't be possible even in a few years' time. the dead sea is shrinking. probably about five years from now you won't see water where we are seeing water today. this expert says it's entirely a man—made problem, with the sea's sources damned forfarming and drinking water. since the 1970s there have been large water diversions pumping water out of the sea of galilee, westwards to israel and eastwards tojordan.
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and basically, we're slowly losing this very unique and one—of—a—kind ecological system. it's so serious, that ground around the dead sea is collapsing into huge sinkholes. there are ideas to pump fresh water back to the dead sea, but they are costly and impractical. for now, the art of preserving how much we all use is the message from this naked attraction. i love all the participants who came and risked everything, risked their bodies, their reputations. but they're true, true art warriors and they're adventurers. thank you. tom bateman, bbc news, arad, on the dead sea coast. a rare waterspout was spotted
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off the coast of cuba on saturday. the residents along the south coast were witness to the spectacular phenomenon looming over the area in the late afternoon. waterspouts are tornadoes that occur over a body of water but never reach land. they're much less dangerous than their land counterparts. despite the drama, no damage was reported amazing pictures. now it's time for a look at the weather with darren. hello there. over the week ahead we have some big temperature fluctuations. this is where the jet is today. we are on the warmer side of thatjet stream. is today. we are on the warmer side of that jet stream. we are of thatjet stream. we are drawing in milder air of thatjet stream. we are drawing in milderairfrom of thatjet stream. we are drawing in milder airfrom the south. that mild air is bringing in a lot of cloud. that cloud has been producing some rain, moving its way from west to east. this is where we have most of the rain by the end of the afternoon into early evening. temperatures are still 15 to 18 degrees. the rain across east anglia and the south—east will clear away through the evening. the wetter weather in northern scotland pushes through. there could be some breaks
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in the cloud for a while, leading to mist and fog patches. the cloud thickens later on. another dose of rain comes into the western side of the uk. mild air. minimum temperatures 12 to 1a degrees. a lot of cloud tomorrow. more rain. particularly in the morning, wales and northern england, pushing north into scotland. showery rain across northern ireland. whether in the south—west coming in. ahead of that room it should brighten up through east anglia, the south—east of ingot. temperatures making 20 or 21 degrees. more typical of early summer. heading into wednesday, there is more rain in the forecast. that will move north primarily because england and wales. they could be some thunderstorms as well. some sunshine either side of the rain. temperatures not quite as high on wednesday. we have got some rain coming into northern scotland. that will be significant because behind that we have got cooler air coming our way for the rest of the week. stronger winds as well. it will feel
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certainly very different. if we look at where the jetstream is certainly very different. if we look at where thejetstream is by thursday, it is starting to come in from the north. that means we are going to be on the cooler side. that is why the temperatures are going to be dropping. we still have some wet weather to start the day on thursday, particularly down the eastern side of england. that will slowly move away. then those showers, chasing in. some could be heavy and wintry over the high ground in northern and western part of the uk. it is also going to be windy. the winds more from the north on thursday. they could touch gale force on north sea coast. that will make it feel much colder, eight degrees in northern scotland, 13 in southern parts of england.
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this is bbc news. the headlines... the former us secretary of state, colin powell, has died. us media say the cause of death was covid complications. we'll be hearing from the former british foreign secretary jack straw. the family of sir david amess visit the scene of his killing in essex. they say they're shattered by his death. other mps have been speaking out, about the abuse and threats they routinely endure. i've had three threats to life and limb over the last two years so of course i take it very seriously. and we need to respond to it, we need to make sure we're doing everything we can, you need to make sure we do that due diligence on everything.

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